Commercial
The Selby Street Office Development consisted of a 5-story building which adjoins an existing 7 story building on the same lot. The building includes over 6100m2 of office space, 6000m2 of car parking, a café, changerooms and amenities.
The floor plates were constructed using bubbledeck which surrounded a central double lift and stair core which was constructed using AFS walling. The floors were supported by insitu concrete columns and the roof was constructed from structural steelwork with a fire rated ceiling under.
PS Structures were responsible for the design and construction of the external curtain walling system. The curtain wall consisted of double-glazed panels and 3mm aluminium sections. Each panel was approximately 1500mm wide by 5000mm high and were installed using both the tower crane and on-slab spider cranes.
During the project, PS Structures were required to maintain access to the existing multistory car park, which resulted in the access for construction was only available to one side of the building. A 7m wide full height gantry was constructed over the northern driveway to provide a protected access-way to the existing car park.
The project was successfully completed within the 54-week contract time frame. This was a result of achieving key milestone dates for completion of the structure and commencement of the curtain wall installation.
The building was complimented by 8m high aluminium ultra core clad A-frame support structures and significant landscaping works. All works were completed to a high level of quality and to the complete satisfaction of the client and architect.
CLIENT:
CALLON SELECT PTY LTD
ARCHITECT:
MEYER SHIRCORE & ASSOCIATES
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The project is located on the site of the existing aquatic centre that had recently been demolished, in ground works consisted of pad and strip foundations, with associated cast-in HD bolts for structural steel frame and intermediate foundations for tilt panel construction.
Site preparation and concrete works relating to the pool shells was critical as there would be no opportunity to re-visit these structures following associated foundation works.
Structural components for the building frameworks consisted of tilt panels to the numerous areas of the dry side facilities such as the gym, administration office, staff training room, group fitness area and plantrooms.
Structural steel framework formed the main pool and wet side facility structural solution, this consisted of a column and beam braced frame, with long span truss members providing clearance over the pools. A ‘3 coat’ epoxy surface treatment was required throughout the scheme due to the environmental factors of a building of this nature.
The main entrance area was supported by numerous feature “tree” columns integrated into the structure and façade treatments, these were accomplished by providing curved PFC elements with plated face and edge treatments.
The associated civil works consisted of 4 no stormwater retention and attenuation cells within the southern car park area, 2 no sewer pump stations each one catering for a separate section of the site facilities (dry side including toilets and changing) to the south, and wet side facilities to the north.
The main car park area had been reorientated and additional parking provided. The external paving/hardstand has been extended by over 5100m2 of exposed aggregate in-situ paving.
The external finishes included the main feature cladding to the building which consisted of full height Kingspan “Evolution Axis” 1000mm width insulated panels, with integrated aluminium window, door and curtain walling elements. The roof was a combination of Bondor “SolarSpan” insulated panels and traditional built up system to curved entrance areas. Timber louvres had been installed to the roof openings above the external ASHI-YU pool area and vertically to the creche walls. The Northern aspect had been provided with full height glazing sections and the lower areas were fully operable to allow access to external landscaped areas and the existing splash pad/play park. The existing grandstand was refurbished with new anti-slip flooring, additional stairs and wheelchair bays, new stainless-steel handrails and TGSI installation.
Service installation consisted of conditioned areas to all parts of the building with the exception of the outdoor leisure, ASHI–YU and existing pool area, chilled water with heat recovery air conditioning system, integrated with the geothermal system to provide heating during the winter months. This is delivered by a series of air handling units for heating and cooling and fresh air provision to manage chlorine level within this environment. The pool heating is provided by a Geothermal bore located to the Northern area of the site.
Pool services were upgraded within the existing plantroom area with new pumps, filter media, chlorine lines and controls, the new plantroom extension was fully fitted out to cater for the new pool installation.
A high-quality finish to all areas was specified and this was combined with the durability requirement for a facility of this nature and material choices were reflective of these requirements and the volumes of visitors anticipated at the facility.
“Very highly rated, PS Structures would be in my top 3. They have made this project enjoyable.” Andrew Barnett – Director City Projects, City of Armadale
CLIENT:
CITY OF ARMADALE
ARCHITECT:
DONOVAN PAYNE ARCHITECTS PTY LTD
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The ATCO Gas Site Redevelopment was a design and construct project that consisted of the refurbishment of existing warehouses and the construction of new training, office and workshop building.
The entire facility remained fully operational during the works which involved careful staging and coordination with ATCO. A large temporary office and workshop compound was constructed on the site by PS Structures to accommodate ATCO’s operations during the project.
The majority of the buildings are steel framed and clad with colorbond. All office environments are air-conditioned using specialist gas powered air conditioning.
The buildings were designed to accommodate the site going completely ‘off grid’. This involved extensive design work through the liaison with a specialist renewable energy consultant. The electrical installation accommodated solar and battery storage, mains changeover switches, gas powered generators and the infrastructure to accommodate a hydrogen electrolyser.
The training building was the centre piece of the project and included a large gas fire place, custom lighting, mock commercial kitchen, training rooms and amenities. The finishes included timber cladding, laminam floor tiles, frameless glass balustrading and epoxy flooring.
PS Structures also constructed a large ‘4 Seasons’ native garden (representing each of the seasons) to revegetate an existing part of the site. This included a water feature, custom etching to concrete paving, and a large boomerang entry.
The works were completed on time and to the complete satisfaction of ATCO Gas Australia.
“Good business and systems. Very capable personnel. Would happily use again on other projects.” Richard Smith – Project Manager for ATCO Gas Australia (WA Gas Networks) Pty Ltd
CLIENT:
ATCO GAS AUSTRALIA (WA GAS NETWORKS) PTY LTD
ARCHITECT:
OLDFIELD KNOTT ARCHITECTS PTY LTD
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AWARD
The Australian Institute of Building Western Australia 2017
Master Builders Award Best State Government Building 2017
Commercial Construction $5million - $25million
Cockburn Police Station is situated on the corner of North Lake road and Linkage Ave. It comprises of a ground floor which incorporates custodial areas including 2 cells, charge room, charge dock, search room, sally port and dekit room, and video interview rooms. The remainder of the ground floor is taken up by car parking bays, a fire pump room, western power transformer compound and bike stores.
First floor comprises of office space for the response team, operations room, conference room, local Policing, bathroooms, amenities locker rooms and the gym.
The 2nd floor is the plant room which includes 4 chillers, air handling units, generator and lift.
The structure was based on a traditionally reinforced concrete structure with structural steel. The building façade was clad in alucobond and window frame and glass façade. Internally the walls were constructed in reinforced concrete block, stud and gyprock. The finishes included carpet tile, stone and vinyl.
CLIENT:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - BUILDING MANAGEMENT WORKS
ARCHITECT:
PETER HUNT ARCHITECTS
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